Sox Can Pad Lead The Seattle Mariners weren’t very helpful to the White Sox over the weekend, losing three games to the team tied with Chicago atop the AL Central.
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Can Cubs Bounce Back After losing their first road game in more than three weeks their last time out, the NL Central leading-Chicago Cubs expect to have some of the pop back in the high-powered lineup Sunday.
Giants Send Out Ace The San Francisco Giants received a bit of a scare on Tuesday when All-Star Tim Lincecum was struck in the right knee by a line drive and had to leave the game.
Red Sox Cool Down All it took to slow down the Boston Red Sox’s scorching offense was facing a Cy Young Award winner. If Shaun Marcum keeps pitching like one, it won’t take Boston long to tire of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Bullpen Blues The New York Mets much-maligned bullpen was doing better this week until Saturday, when another inauspicious outing followed the news its All-Star closer will be out longer than expected.
Old Reliable The New York Yankees know they’ll need to be a lot more consistent to improve their chances at making the playoffs. With the reliable Mike Mussina on the mound, wins seem to be a lot easier to come by.
Angels In Mini Slump It’s been more than three months since the Los Angeles Angels lost a series to an AL team. Barely three days have passed since Francisco Rodriguez’s last blown save.
Braves Falling Fast Even a matchup against one of the lowest-scoring teams in the majors couldn’t end the recent struggles of the Atlanta Braves pitching staff at home.
Tough To Figure Out Justin Verlander’s season has been a microcosm of the Detroit Tigers season – highly anticipated but equally disappointing.
Getting Healthy After leading his team to its third straight win with his first home run in nearly a month, Rick Ankiel hopes to keep contributing in his return.